UGB Chapter 59 Those who use power to oppress others will never be successful.
Chapter 59 Those who use power to oppress others will never be successful.
Today's events were pre-arranged between him and Huang Yuanji: he would hand over the red contract in front of all the guests in the city, then take his leave in public, thus severing all ties with the Huang family's future actions.
As for the news that Li You had sent back that Shen Qing was in seclusion preparing to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage, he also told Huang Yuanji about it during the banquet.
Given Huang Yuanji's character, he would never give Shen Qing a chance to turn the tables.
That's exactly the result he wants. If you're going to do something, you have to be fully prepared. How can you succeed if you hesitate and are timid?
The Huang family wants Qingyun Mountain, and Shen Qing wants a way to survive. What does that have to do with Zhao Yuanlang?
Therefore, Zhao Yuanlang chose to hand over the Qingyun Mountain land deed at the right time and then leave.
They wouldn't be held accountable by the sect for "colluding with local forces to annex weaker sects," and they could legitimately get a share of the spoils after the Huang family succeeded.
As for whether Shen Qing, that dying man, could cause any trouble before the Huang family made their move, Zhao Yuanlang didn't care.
A piece of trash who doesn't even have a Foundation Establishment Pill, even if he tries to break through to Foundation Establishment again, it will only hasten his death.
If Shen Qing wants to live, he can only succeed in Foundation Establishment. In Zhao Yuanlang's view, even if Shen Qing is really lucky enough to succeed in Foundation Establishment with a chance of less than one in a hundred, so what?
Given Huang Yuanji's temperament, Zhao Yuanlang didn't think Shen Qing could survive in his hands.
Even if Shen Qing managed to reach the Foundation Establishment stage by chance, he had never cultivated any supernatural powers or spells. How could he possibly fight against Huang Yuanji?
As dawn broke, Shen Qing returned to his quiet room from the back of the mountain.
Last night, he buried himself in the soil behind the mountain all night, even when the system was extracting spiritual energy in the early morning.
As Shen Qing's mastery of the earth's energy at the root of the mountain increased, the earth's energy nourishment became more and more effective, and the spiritual liquid in his dantian became increasingly condensed, just one step away from reaching 60%.
He had just changed into a clean Taoist robe and was preparing to meditate for a while when he heard footsteps coming from outside the meditation room.
The footsteps sounded familiar; it seemed to be that young man, Li You.
Shen Qing found it strange that Li You, who was extremely disciplined, would suddenly barge into the Qingyun Sect.
"Sect Leader Shen, Li You has something to discuss with us."
Along with Li You's voice, Shen Qing sensed another unfamiliar footstep. This person's steps were steady, each step carrying a calm and unhurried rhythm.
Shen Qing pushed open the door and saw Li You standing a foot in front of the door, with Huang Yuanji and Huang Dehou behind him.
"Sect Leader Shen, I apologize for my intrusion in visiting."
Huang Yuanji bowed to Li You, his tone polite, but Shen Qing sensed his ill intent.
Li You also sensed something was amiss. He apologized to Shen Qing and then said, "Senior Huang, Sect Master Shen has emerged from seclusion. I still have a mission to complete, so I will take my leave now."
Afterwards, Li You bowed to the three men and then withdrew.
After Li You left, Shen Qing looked at Huang Yuanji and his son: "I was in seclusion a few days ago and missed Brother Dehou's wedding banquet. I hope Brother Dehou will not be angry."
Huang Dehou waved his hand and said, "Brother Shen, you flatter me. It's just a small matter. I hope you won't be offended that my son and I came without prior notice."
Shen Qing looked suspicious, then seized the opportunity to ask, "I wonder what important matter Brother Huang and Elder Huang have come to see me about today?"
Huang Yuanji, who had not spoken until now, looked at Shen Qing and pointed to the Qingyun Ancestral Hall next to him: "In the past, I was comrades-in-arms with Brother Fushan. Now that Brother Fushan is gone, this is the first time I have come to his place of seclusion."
"I have come here today to offer incense to an old friend. I wonder what Master Shen thinks?"
How could outsiders trespass into the Ancestral Hall? Shen Qing's anger was almost uncontrollable.
Shen Qing lowered his eyes, remained silent for a moment, and then turned to push open the door of the Ancestral Hall.
"Please, both of you."
Huang Yuanji stepped inside, followed closely by Huang Dehou.
The two stood in front of the offering table, took out three incense sticks from the incense holder, lit them, and inserted them into the incense burner. Then they casually cupped their hands in greeting.
Huang Yuanji turned around and began pacing around the Ancestral Hall.
His gaze swept over the memorial tablets of the patriarchs of each generation, then moved from the stone tablet on the left wall to the hanging scroll on the right wall, before returning to the offering table. He then smiled at Shen Qing.
"Sect Leader Shen, I am quite interested in the school run by your sect. May I show you around?"
Shen Qing's anger had cooled down completely at some point, and he already understood what Huang Yuanji's provocation meant.
Huang Yuanji wasn't there to offer incense at all; he was there to scout out the location.
"Please come with me, both of you."
The three of them walked out along the corridor, passed the deserted martial arts arena, and arrived at the gate of Qingyun Academy.
Inside the lecture hall, Sun Wenyuan was leading the young children in reciting the "Thousand Character Classic," their innocent voices carried on the breeze.
Huang Yuanji stood outside the window for a while, then suddenly asked, "I've heard that Sect Leader Shen runs this school for free, even subsidizing the expenses. What's the point of Sect Leader Shen going to all this trouble for such a thankless task?"
Shen Qing repeated the excuse he had given countless times: "Senior Huang should know that Shen Qing's lifespan is nearing its end. Our Qingyun Sect has no successor, and we can only hope that one or two good children will emerge from these children and pass on the name 'Qingyun' in the future, out of gratitude for today's kindness."
Huang Yuanji nodded, seemingly unsurprised by the answer.
He walked around the academy's perimeter corridor, looked at the wooden dummy in the training ground, the empty bookshelves in the scripture pavilion, and then at Sun Wenyuan, who was teaching in the lecture hall.
Then he looked away and suddenly reached out and pressed down on Shen Qing's shoulder.
Although Huang Yuanji's hands were somewhat thin, they were extremely strong.
Shen Qing felt a surge of powerful spiritual energy flow into his meridians from Huang Yuanji's hand. Shen Qing instinctively tried to break free, but Huang Yuanji's hand held him firmly within his grasp.
What Shen Qing didn't know was that Huang Yuanji's spiritual power and his divine sense followed closely behind.
His divine sense and spiritual power advanced inch by inch along his meridians. Huang Yuanji used his divine sense to slowly walk through Shen Qing's meridians along the path of the Qi cultivation method.
Starting from the dantian, the energy ascends to the tanzhong point, then passes the jianjing point, and then descends along the three yang meridians of the hand to the fingertips. This is the most basic circulation path of the "Qingyun Qi Cultivation Technique".
Shen Qing's heart tightened suddenly, but he did not resist.
After a month, Shen Qing had cultivated the Qi Concealing Technique to its peak, making it almost instinctive.
The spiritual energy fluctuations in his dantian are now suppressed to the level of the ninth level of Qi Refining. The true energy flow and energy circulation path in his dantian are completely isolated by the Qi Concealing Technique.
Huang Yuanji's consciousness lingered in Shen Qing's meridians for a long time, and he discovered that there were very obvious signs of decay around Shen Qing's meridians.
The meridians were rough, and a sense of decay was faintly emanating from around the dantian, which were signs that lifespan was coming to an end and the body was beginning to decay.
He naturally didn't know that this was actually a trace of earth energy left behind after Shen Qing set up a spirit-gathering array around his dantian.
The earth's energy is heavy and stagnant. As it travels through the meridians for a long time, it will naturally leave some marks on the meridian walls.
These traces, in Shen Qing's eyes, merely slowed down the spiritual energy by a fraction, but in Huang Yuanji's eyes, it meant that the meridians were decaying, just like a dying person slowly dying from their internal organs, and a cultivator's decay begins from the dantian.
Huang Yuanji withdrew his divine sense and released his grip.
He didn't show any extra emotion, only saying calmly, "Sect Leader Shen's injuries are probably beyond the help of even a god."
Huang Yuanji had completely lost interest in Shen Qing and was too lazy to act anymore.
He took out a neatly folded contract from his sleeve and handed it to Shen Qing.